{hacking,music,electronics,radio}
Here are the toots from my Mastodon account. If you’re into ham radio and technology this is a great inclusive server with an awesome mascot called Alex.
Just found out the TNC Pi Kit I ordered got sent back to the US.
Apparantly I failed to pay a customs charge I was notified of. I guess the local post office managed to lose the card because it definitely didn’t arrive at my office. Grrrr!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioRecently, I’ve been playing with chezmoi ( https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi) as a way to manage my shell/editor config files, and I’ve re-architected my old zsh framework to use the more modern zplug plugin manager ( https://github.com/zplug/zplug).
I’ve been storing my configs in both github ( https://github.com/mattfoster/dotfiles) and keybase, and finding it a great way to keep home/work configs up to date as I make changes.
I have a bunch of random projects and scripts laying about that I’ll merge/add as I get time.
→ View toot on mastodon.radioThis weekend Dad (@Powyssafety) visited and we upgraded my antenna pole! We managed to make it a fair bit higher, so I’m hoping it won’t offend anyone enough to cause complaints, but that hasn’t happened so far!
I’m looking forward to seeing what difference having the white stick above the roof line makes, after rejigging some cables and maybe adding some surge protection.
Now I need to get back into the tree and see if I can raise things a bit on that end too!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioMigrated my domain’s MX to ProtonMail. So far I’m really impressed with the look and feel and ease of setup.
Migrating away from gmail will be a gradual and probably painful process!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioTalking of maplin. If anyone on this instance and in the UK wants any RP-crimp SMA plugs or sockets then let me know.
I’ll happily send a few (no charge!) to anyone who needs them. I think reverse polarity is generally used for WiFi gear. I have a bunch of each for RG174 and RG58.
I also have a load of other random connectors, just nothing particularly common, so if you’re looking for something odd then let me know and I’ll see what I have.
Naturally I ran out of crimp connectors so after digging through my Maplin haul I’ve ended up with a “Clamp-on” BNC plug. And it has loads of bits so I’m searching for info how to assemble it!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioMy Mum’s husband won an Airspy HF+ Discovery! Lucky thing.
Now I’m crimping up some cables to try an get a basic working antenna for him. He’s not licensed, so this’ll be SWL. Going to start by lending him a 40m EFHW kit from SOTABEAMS. Totally forgot I had it!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioHearing good things (on the net) about the Antuino ( http://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/antuino/)
First on SolderSmoke and now Hackaday ( https://hackaday.com/2019/09/18/hackable-ham-radio-multitool-contributes-to-long-term-survival-of-the-hobby/)
Time to add one to the Christmas list!
→ View toot on mastodon.radioYay! Sprat! Always an excellent read.
Definitely worth joining the G-QRP club if you aren’t already a member.
